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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Darren Lee Hallman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
David Joseph Najewicz, Prospect, KY (US);
Sung Jin Kim, Guilderland, NY (US);
Andrew Denise Varghese, Bangalore, IN;
Thomas Joseph Fyvie, Schenectady, NY (US);
Teresa Grocela-rocha, Waterford, NY (US);
Vanita Mani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Warren Frank Bessler, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Darren Lee Hallman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
David Joseph Najewicz, Prospect, KY (US);
Sung Jin Kim, Guilderland, NY (US);
Andrew Denise Varghese, Bangalore, IN;
Thomas Joseph Fyvie, Schenectady, NY (US);
Teresa Grocela-Rocha, Waterford, NY (US);
Vanita Mani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Warren Frank Bessler, Amsterdam, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an article cleaning apparatus comprising an air management mechanism, a cleaning basket assembly, a fluid regeneration device, a working fluid device, a clean fluid device, and a controller. The working fluid device is coupled to the fluid regeneration device, the cleaning basket assembly, and the air management mechanism. The clean fluid device is coupled to the cleaning basket assembly and the fluid regeneration device. The controller is coupled to the air management mechanism, the cleaning basket assembly, the working fluid device, the regeneration device, and the clean fluid device. The controller is configured to control a cleaning process. The present invention also provides a method for performing the cleaning process.